Thanks for the quick update! When you say "server" I guess you mean Ark Service Provider?

And multiple other servers can be setup, by a variety of individuals and organizations, using that open source software?

If Alice is connected to server X and Bob is connected to server Y, then I assume/hope there is a way for Alice to pay Bob easily? Maybe something like the following:

- Bob's wallet asks Y to generate a Lightning invoice, where paying that invoice will lead to an increase of Bob's Ark balance within Y.

- Alice's wallet asks X to decrease their balance in X, and to pay that invoice

(I get that 'balance' isn't the perfect word, it's all about (v)UTXOs, but I'm just trying to simplify)

And so Ark and Bob, despite being on different Ark servers, can seamlessly pay each other. Lightning is used by the ASPs to pay each other. The only risk might be that either of the servers might be missing the relevant Lightning balances and liquidity to be able to facilitate the payment.

If that's correct, then it's very exciting to see this system - and the code - out there. In this kind of open model, I wish everybody - commercial and otherwise - success 😀

(I guess the smaller ASPs might even form a Ark with each other, where a big ASP acts as their "meta ASP")